Craft Day With Friends!

Friday June 24th our friends Basia and her kids Veronica and Alex came over to play and do crafts.

Alex does not like painting, or coloring, what boys doesn't like to make a mess!? Alex doesn't.

 

Veronica and kae did the painting and coloring, and while Kae and Alex ran off to play dress up and watch Hello Kitty i taught B and Vern how to knit, Basia on needles and Vern on my old knitting looms, which are now hers.

as of today (Saturday) Veronica is a couple inches from being finished with her scarf, she LOVES the looms =D

Competition

Wikipedia defines Competition as "Competition is a contest between individuals, groups, animals, etc. for territory, a niche, or a location of resources. It arises whenever two or more parties strive for a goal which cannot be shared. Competition occurs naturally between living organisms which co-exist in the same environment. For example, animals compete over water supplies, food, and mates, etc. Humans compete for water, food, and mates, though when these needs are met deep rivalries often arise over the pursuit of wealth, prestige, and fame. Business is often associated with competition as most companies are in competition with at least one other firm over the same group of customers."

There is healthy competition, like Sandi and i have during the KIP hunt, our points don't really count for anything, we just do it for fun since we know all the spots in advance and how to plan our week to hit as many as possible. we poke at each other, but we don't really MEAN anything by it.

Then there is unhealthy competition. My favorite rule during these kinds of things, especially in forums, is "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all."

Thumper's Mama had it right.

WWKIP Hunt Year 2 - Last Day

This morning Ross and I packed up the Kidlette and headed to O-town. It was a long freaking drive.

We stopped first at the McDonalds on Sandlake, it boasts the Worlds Largest Indoor Playground, and it was on the Travel channel, this does make it a Tourist trap attraction. It's also about as Kitschy as i could get since ross wouldn't stop at the Giant Alligator on 50 on the way into town.

bah.

We hung around Downtown Disney all day, I was very disappointed, the Virgin Megastore is GONE! gasp!! so is the Rock n' Roll memorabilia shop /cry. The virgin megastore is now a build your own racecar place...blah.

but kae and ross played with Legos, and Kae got to build a bizarre Mr. Potato Head (mrs? i'm not sure...)

All in all it was hot, mom and dad were cranky by the end of the day, but kae was happy so that's what counts.

WWKIP Hunt Year 2 - Day 7

This morning Kae and I joined Basia and the kiddos at the beach again.

I.Do.Not.Like.Sand.In.My.Knitting.

pay no attention to my pasty white legs...

 I also do not really like sun, but i make concessions for my child. she loves the water.

Actually the water was beautiful, though there was a bit of a current and we kept having to adjust because we ended up in a deep spot where the mommies could not touch the bottom...

Veronica is a toad because she kept telling me whenever there were fish around my feet, she could see them because she was snorkeling...toad. I do not like wildlife at the beach....creepy.

WWKIP Hunt Year 2 - Day 6

The ZOO!!

Kae and I went to the Palm Beach Zoo with Basia and her kiddo's, Veronica and Alex. We had so much fun, we're planning a trip to Lion Country sometime this summer too.

Kae just loves hanging out with Alex, and it seems Alex loves hanging out with Kae, it's good for both of them, so Kae remembers how to act around other kids before she goes back to school, and for Alex because his older sister is 7 years older and he's almost like an only child because of the age difference.

So kae helped Alex with his manners, and alex reminded kae how to pitch a tantrum like a 3 year old. And no matter what anyone says, 3 is worse than 2..that's when the WHINING starts....

WWKIP Hunt Year 2 - Day 5

so i skipped day 4. Mom came over and we dyed out hair, there was no real "public" time.

But this morning Kae and I went to the Downtown Gardens Cobb free summer movie's for kids thing. We saw Shrek Forever After. Which was actually really funny, i'm usually not a big fan of the Shrek franchise. I sorta just want it to go away.../shrug.

After the theater we went to the Mall to get daddy his Father's Day present. And Kae decided she wanted to sit down since her shoes were hurting her feets. I knit while she got creative with my cell phone camera.

We also stopped after we picked up Uncle Dave from work to get the "Historic Location" point. The Historic Jupiter School is on way home, i drive past it two times every day, and i'm ashamed to say i've never stopped to read the sign. So today i learned something new. It was a good day =D

I'm going to Dye, Dye, Dye my hair black..and smoke a clove!

way back in the day (10 years ago) i was a goth..yeah, i admit it, i wore all black and wrote bad poetry. It wasn't all dark and gloomy. I mean, my hair was purple for a couple years. And i wore a lot of red too =D

But doing our hair was the biggest part, it made the most impact. I started dying my hair when i was probably 13, Middle school-age. Mom let me dye it temporarily. And then in high school i moved on to the permanent stuff. At one point during my senior year i bleached out my bangs with the intention of dying them bright crayola purple, but mom nixed that, and made my dye it all "normal" red before graduation.

Right after graduation i dyed the back of my hair black, and the front grape purple. it was like that until i met ross. And then i just never got around to dying my hair. Kidlette came around and well...yeah.

And then yesterday mom came over and wanted me to dye her hair brown (to cover the "hairs of experience") and i decided it was time. So i got a sale box of Revlon in Burgundy...yeah, my hair is deep red. =D